Wipro partners OpenLink for energy/commodity IT services

Wipro Ltd. (WIT), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today announced a global strategic consulting partnership with OpenLink, the global leader in Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM) software for the commodity, energy and financial services industries.

The services provided by this alliance will serve customers across the energy and commodity sectors.

This year, OpenLink has invested in building an alliance program that will support its accelerated growth plans and both companies will collaborate in the area of technological innovation as well as complement each other in terms of domain expertise. Wipro's global delivery footprint will give OpenLink service spread across the world for its customers. Wipro and OpenLink will work towards creating service excellence for customers, especially in the area of testing services, product upgrades and support services.

A key focus of Wipro's centralized CTO office is technology innovation and that will be leveraged for customers in areas like analytics, dashboard, visualization, cloud, mobility, etc. Both companies will identify co-development opportunities based on market needs, that will benefit a larger customer base.

Anand Padmanabhan, Chief Executive, Energy, Natural Resources & Utilities Business Unit, Wipro Limited, said, "Wipro has a dedicated global Energy/Commodity Trading and Risk Management centre of excellence that will give the right impetus to this alliance for creating a scalable service delivery framework for customers."

"By pairing OpenLink's award-winning energy/commodity trading and risk management platform with Wipro's tried, tested and successful global delivery model, our customers can derive more value through a lower TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)," said Dr. Mark Greene, CEO, OpenLink. "We are excited about this partnership and are looking forward to working with Wipro."